India Tourism and Travel Research

India’s travel marketplace—inbound, domestic and outbound—is at an unprecedented tipping point. Internal social and economic factors combine with the global information age to create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is confidence in the air. A new, vibrant, knowledge-based, IT-driven, globally competitive travel marketplace is unfolding with a fury.

How will you seize this incredible opportunity before it is too expensive, too competitive and too late? Attend The PhoCusWright India Travel Summit. It is the perfect time and place.

To bring these important ideas, trends and strategies to the forefront, PhoCusWright is proud to extend its tradition of excellence by launching The PhoCusWright India Travel Summit. A distinguished peer group will project to the most savvy, influential and connected audience ever assembled in India around travel, tourism and hospitality. This is the "go to" event for the critical insight, insider perspective and indispensable contacts that are essential to gain competitive advantage.

The PhoCusWright India Travel Summit begins Tuesday evening, 17 March, with a gala cocktail reception and dinner. An impressive roster of numerous local travel companies, along with venture capitalists, industry pioneers and thought leaders, takes the stage Wednesday, 18 March. This new event continues PhoCusWright’s tradition of creating a unique environment in which travel, tourism and hospitality players can engage, debate and define the latest developments in global travel commerce.

This special day will be dedicated to "Tremendous Transformation. Extraordinary Growth." making it the "go to" event for the critical insight, insider perspective and indispensable contacts that are essential to gain competitive advantage. PhoCusWright analysts run the show as a live, real-time research project. We leverage our expertise and interviewing skills to uncover truths, probe for clarity and reject sales pitches. The audience is fully engaged as well, questioning speakers and challenging them to provide meaningful answers. PhoCusWright’s research experience and acumen make for hallmark travel industry events.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

What and who is “Indian Consumer”?
Pan-Indian Branding for Travel
Selling Hotels and Packages
CEO interviews: PhoCusWright's Philip Wolf goes one-on-one with key influencers to provide a critical insider's perspective
Financing the Boom
The Multi Modal Model
Airline E-Business: What Is The Next Phase?
Social Networking, Metasearch and User-Generated Content
The GDS Role in India
Five Minutes of Fame: travel industry start-up CEOs present executive summaries of their compelling business cases
Meet the Indian OTA heads in a candid executive roundtable

Fresh ideas, expansive thinking, incredible energy and uncommon community will prevail.

Now through 31 January 2009	$750
1 February 2009 and later	$800